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Embolemus africanus (Risbec)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Embolemidae; Genus: Embolemus)

Myrmecomorphus africanus Risbec, 1957. Holotype: in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: Rugege Forest, Rwanda.

Female (SAMC)

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Male (BMNH)
 

Distribution

Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

References

Azevedo C.O., Madl. M. & Olmi, M. 2010. A Catalogue of the Bethylidae, Chrysididae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae, Sclerogibbidae and Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the Malagasy Subregion. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 42(2): 845-918.

Risbec, J. 1957. Un Embolemidae africain (Hymenoptera Bethyloidea).  Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. (3-4): 419-421.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
  Next genus: Myrmecopterina (Plumariidae)

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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